04/12/2024
WHY DECEMBER CAN BE TRICKY IN SCHOOL....
For many young people December can be tricky to manage with many changes in the usual school routine. Don't be surprised if after school restraint collapse is happening more often. Where possible ensure your routines at home are unaltered and that your young person has the opportunity to decompress.
IN THE RESOURCE STORE
AFTER SCHOOL RESTRAINT COLLAPSE PACK
I have extended this pack to include executive function and sensory processing checklists (can also inform an assessment process), a child explainer and activity - What is Tricky in School and a Masking explainer prompt.
Resource to support children and their families with after school restraint collapse. This pack includes explainers on An Introduction to Emotional Regulation, Co-Regulation, The Brain and Emotional Regulation, How Your Brain Keeps You Safe, Managing Meltdowns, The Survival Instinct, Creating a Calm Space, Reflection Upon an Incident, Using a Social Script and The Science of 3 Good Things. A 9 page social script can be personalised to the individual child and reinforces healthy habits after school to diffuse restraint collapse. Reflection tool to brainstorm events and adopt coping skills moving forward. Visual resources to capture emotions, stop and think as a prompt as well as calming skills visual prompt.
Useful tool for professionals working with parents also.
Electronic download available at https://thecontentedchild.co.uk/product/after-school-restraint-collapse-pack/
